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Guardless vs Guardess - What's the difference?

guardless | guardess |

As an adjective guardless

is defenceless.

As a noun guardess is

a female guard.

guardless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • defenceless
  • without a guard

    • guardess

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A female guard.
  • * 1864 , Sir Richard Francis Burton, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome (volume 1, page 254)
    • The gala-dress of the guardesses was decent, and not uncomely. A narrow fillet of blue or white cotton bound the hair, and the bosom was concealed by a sleeveless waistcoat of various colours
  • * 2011 , Sue Tilley, Leigh Bowery: The Life and Times of an Icon
    • One day Trojan was sitting on the sofa when Leigh came into the room dressed as Else Kochs, a German concentration camp guardess